Can multithreading speed up memory allocation?

Question

I\'m working with an 8 core processor, and am using Boost threads to run a large program. Logically, the program can be split into groups, where each group is run by a threa

Answer 1

You may want to take a look at The Hoard Memory Allocator: "is a drop-in replacement for malloc() that can dramatically improve application performance, especially for multithreaded programs running on multiprocessors."